Joe Reefer's Inwall 120 V2.0 (Updated)

saltynuts · #1 09-13-2007, 01:58 AM

wow look at all the frags!
you go to work at what time. LOL
looks awesome i,ll have to come and look again!

Joe Reefer · #2 09-13-2007, 01:56 PM

I think its time to clean the back glass.

Redrover · #3 09-13-2007, 03:46 PM

Hey Lando, dam nice garden...love the fish...more pic's

Delphinus · #4 09-13-2007, 07:18 PM

Have you considered an urchin? That's one of the reasons I keep some.

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Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

I think its time to clean the back glass.

Joe Reefer · #5 09-13-2007, 07:48 PM

I did not know that urchins keep glass clean.

Delphinus · #6 09-13-2007, 08:58 PM

It depends on what urchin and what algae you have, but, for example, in my 110g I have a diadema and green urchin and man are they pretty voracious little lawnmowers.

I had a fuzzy type algae growing over coraline on the back glass of my other tank, and a blue tuxedo urchin took care of that pretty lickedy-split. But, it's also an eater of coraline. Although I don't find that to be a problem because what happens is the spores get spread out and thus you have new coraline growth being spread. So it evens out.

I dunno, maybe YMMV but I like having 'em, I find them useful.

Joe Reefer · #7 09-14-2007, 02:04 AM

I missed the urchin class at reef school.

What is a YMMV urchin. Are blue tuxedos' hard to find.

Delphinus · #8 09-14-2007, 02:08 AM

Oh - sorry - YMMV = "Your mileage may vary" -> maybe not all opinions of urchins are like mine, I don't know. They seem to be raspers of hard surfaces. Not a silver bullet for algae control but they definitely help just the same as other herbivores. They seem to be available from time to time.